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Saturday, November 11, 2006

Tambasakan - Mudskipper

I usually don't read book to my kids when they went to bed. Instead I pick a story about my childhood and share it with them. At this point I could not find a story. All I could remember is this song and this particular fish back in Libjo. Most of you know this song. Si Pelimon and the fish called Tambasakan or mudskipper in english.

- EnglishFilemon, Filemon went fishing in the seaHe caught, he caught a mudskipperHe sold it, he sold it in the dilipated marketHe earned a little cash, he earned a little cash, just enough to buy tuba.

Glossary

pasol - to catch fish; to fish by hook-and-linekadagatan - the open seakuha - to get; to catchisda - fishisdang tambasakan - mudskipperbaligya, ibaligya - to sellmerkado - marketguba - broken down; run-down; ricketyhalin - revenue; income from salepulos - entirely; whollykura - fake money; money circulated during the Japanese occupation of the Philippinesigo - enough; sufficienttuba - a popular drink fermented from the sap of the coconut treeipanuba - to spend one's money on tuba